Resources

Check out our favourite websites and applications that make the hive.net.au world a happier place to live in!

Australian Web Industry Association | Bringing Web Professionals Together
Formerly Port 80 Inc, the Australian Web Industry Association represents businesses, individuals and students involved in the web industry and aims to: further the advancement of the web industry within Australia; educate the general public about the role of professionals in the web industry; and foster greater ties with like-minded organisations.
http://www.webindustry.asn.au/

HiveSMS | Stay Connected with Your Clients
To develop and maintain any good relationship you need a constant flow of communication. WebSMS is an emerging technology capitalising on the notion of customer relationship management combined with the wide-spread use of mobile phones. Hive.net.au offers competitive webSMS packages that enable the client to send text-messages (SMS) to mobile phones, directly from the hiveSMS site.
http://hive.net.au/sms/

SilverStripe | Open Source CMS / Framework
SilverStripe is a leading free, open source CMS that is able to be completely customised to suit your needs. Their templates do not dictate HTML to us as the developer (meaning that we can create a site to suit exactly your needs) while providing an interface that is easy to use for our clients. As it is an open source platform there are no upfront or ongoing licensing costs and a global community of developers to provide ongoing support.
http://www.silverstripe.org/

Magento | Leading E-Commerce Solution
Magento provides versatility and freedom as it allows the administrator to control every facet of their store from its simple to use interface. Orders are managed from an admin panel enabling them to be viewed, created and fulfilled, invoices and packing slips created and email notifications sent. Magento's inbuilt SEO features provide for a search engine friendly platform upon which monthly SEO maintenance can be conducted. Furthermore, this e-commerce solution is preferred by hive.net.au for complex product catalogues as it supports growth of the online store and product ranges.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/

Fresh Books | Online Invoice, Time Tracking and Expense Service
FreshBooks allows you to send and manage invoices online, track time online and on the go and easily track expenses through a simple to use interface. This application allows you to look professional by allowing you to brand the system and invoices to your company's logo. Quite simply, the hive.net.au team couldn't live without FreshBooks!
https://www.freshbooks.com/

Wordle | Tag Cloud Generator
Wordle is a tool for generating tag or word clouds from text that you provide. The clouds give more prominence to words that appear more frequently in the text. Easily analyse your organisation's mission statement, business plan or communications with clients. Does your business literature portray positive or negative connotations?
http://www.wordle.net/

Lorem Ipsum Generator | Enhance Your Graphic Design Mockups
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text that enhances your graphic design and printing projects. This generator creates text variations of over 200 Latin words to ensure that there are no embarrasing passages contained within your designs and allows for accurate type that won't detract from the look of your latest creation.
http://www.lipsum.com/

SurveyMonkey | Online Survey Software Made Easy
SurveyMonkey allows you to create professional online surveys quickly and easily.  Hive.net.au believes in providing measurable solutions for our clients and surveys are an efficient and effective means of market research.  This application allows you to design your survey, collect responses and analyse results to get an idea of how effective your marketing endeavours are.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/

Snibi Photography | Weddings, Corporate, Formals and Modelling Photography
Our corporate photos were created by Snibi Photography and just quietly, we think we look great! Check out their portfolio of wedding, corporate, formal and modelling work.
http://snibi.com/